My mom asked me to shut up and told my father to speak, even though I was the first one to open my mouth before him. This might seem childish to some, but gender equality must begin at home.
I am really, really frustrated because this is not the first time it has happened; it has happened countless times before, and it has exhausted me to the core. I feel like crying. I feel like trash. Before I speak out against society and its flaws, I first want to ensure that I am respected in my own home.
When gender equality is lacking within my own family, it deeply upsets me. And when I demand fairness, it is dismissed as a childish complaint. But justice should be given to every issue, whether big or small. What may seem like a minor problem to one person can be a significant struggle for another. The sad reality is that people often fail to understand the seriousness of a problem unless they experience it themselves.
But why do people need to suffer firsthand to understand pain? Why must they face an issue to realize how severe it is? Sometimes, just listening to someone or witnessing their struggles should be enough to comprehend their pain.
What’s even crueler is that the most ignored and unaddressed issues are often those faced by women. People fail to recognize the severity of these struggles and instead dismiss them with labels like “stupid feminism.” But feminism is not stupidity; it is a movement that shapes lives for the better, including the lives of women.
Some people assume that the “FE” in “FEMALE” stands for “fear,” while “MALE” represents men, implying that females should fear males. How ridiculous is that? And what’s even worse is that this mindset is still followed by many.
Women’s rights are widely discussed and written about, but they are rarely followed in practice. Why? Why talk about women’s rights if they are not going to be upheld? It feels like a waste of time.
Women’s rights are crucial. If I am writing about women’s rights while my own rights are being taken away, if I am being treated like trash, unable to breathe freely or make my own choices, how can I be happy? Forget happiness; how can I even live like this?
This life is precious to me. Everyone’s life is precious to them. And I don’t want to spend my entire life fighting for rights that should already be mine. It is exhausting to battle for justice, equality, and basic respect every single day.
So much of my time and energy is spent on this fight. Forget about society for a moment; first, my own family should understand me. Families should practice equality. They should recognize that I have my own rights, even if, in their eyes, I am just an adult who still needs to obey them.
Whether she is a child, an adult, or an elderly woman, equality should exist for her at every stage of life. You don’t need to reach a certain age to be considered equal to others.
It doesn’t matter if you are a little girl, a baby, a mother, or a grandmother; you are a human being, and you deserve equality. And as for me, I am an adult, and I demand equality. Even though it is exhausting, I will fight for it 100 percent, no matter what.
I feel bad every single day because of this lack of equality. Did we really gain freedom? I am not sure at all. Freedom should mean that everyone is free, right? But how can we call it freedom when only some enjoy the privilege while others do not?.
The Momma Clan 
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